[Media Caucus] media snippets form Truthout.org

[Rui Correia]

A few snippets on media from the Truthout.org newsletter

Rui


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Jeff Cohen | TV News Vultures Circling JonBenet's Corpse - Again
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/082106E.shtml
"Let's face it," writes Jeff Cohen, "The Murdochs and Disneys and Time
Warners and GEs that own our media system much prefer a nation of mindless
consumers and spectators over a nation of informed, active citizens. They
like the fact that avid TV viewers know all the intimate details about the
JonBenet or OJ murder cases - and almost nothing about how big corporations
lobby against middle-class interests in Washington."

Paul Cauchon | Media - From Versailles to Washington
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/082106H.shtml
Paul Cochon's review of "Media Control" cites mainstream reporters'
testimony about how the Bush administration has been allowed to mislead the
American public.

VIDEO | Dahr Jamail on Iraq and Lebanon
A Film by Geoffrey Millard and Sari Gelzer
http://www.truthout.org/multimedia.htm
Independent reporter Dahr Jamail speaks with Truthout's Geoffrey Millard in
Seattle at the Veterans for Peace Convention, where he was invited to speak
about his time in Iraq and, because of recent events, in Lebanon. Jamail
went to Iraq because he said the coverage by corporate news was
insufficient. Jamail presents his take on Iraq's civil war and politics,
Lebanon's humanitarian crisis, Hezbollah's increased popularity, US/Iran
relations, and the peace movement in America.

VIDEO | Keith Olbermann: Terror and Politics in America
http://www.truthout.org/multimedia.htm
Keith Olbermann does a stunning job of laying out a five year history of
Bush administration Terror Alerts that came at moments when the
administration may have wanted to change the subject.